“Raising the minimum wage is about giving families an opportunity to live in dignity,” says Jane-Finch community resident Leticia Ama Boahen. Five activists from Toronto’s most disenfranchised communities speak out about the struggle for economic justice.

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MORE THAN RECYCLING

Melissa Keith

“There’s a relationship between how they dispose of garbage and how they treat us like garbage,” said spoken-word poet El Jones at the recent PowerShift Atlantic conference, in Halifax. Workshops included the role of race and class in environmental work.

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WORKING PEOPLE: A B.C. LABOUR HISTORY FILM

Janet Nicol

“When I was a teacher, my students couldn’t see themselves in the history texts,” says Ken Novakowski, retired social studies teacher and past president of the BC Teachers’ Federation. “They didn’t relate to politicians and industrial barons. But, today, they can see their parents and grandparents in Working People: A History of Labour in British Columbia.